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W. H. RODDEN. Stopper for Cans.

No. 237,446. v Patented Feb. 8, 1881.

Witnesses: Inventor:

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM H. RODDEN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SLI'OPPER FOR CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,446, dated February8, 1881.

Application filed January 21, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY Bon- DEN,of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented an Improved Stopper for Oans and other Vessels and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification Figure 1 being a side view of the neck of a canprovided with my improved stopper. a part being in central verticalsection, the position of the stopper being as when the spout andvent-aperture are opened thereby; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of theneck of the can below the stopper and looking upward, showing theimproved stopper in position for closing the spout and vent-aperture.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both figures.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the neck of a can, and B thespout thereof. Through the side of the neck, preferably opposite to theoutlet into the spout, an air-vent aperture, to, is formed. The stopper0 fits into the neck of the can, generally a little tapering, as anordinary plug-stopper, closing the same tight, and has a suitableflattened or equivalent form of head or thumbpiece, b, above the neck ofthe can to turn it by. I form channels or openings 0 d in opposite sidesof its lower end, extending upward above the outlet f into the spout Band above the ventaperture to. v I a The form of the channels may berounded, as shown, triangular, flattened, or any other most convenientor as preferred. One or both channels should be large enough to affordsufficient room for the discharge of the liquid through it but if alwaysused in connection with the ventaperture one may be much smaller thanthat. Yet, for convenience in general use, to avoid the necessity ofalways turning the stopper in one direction for opening or closing thespout, it is best to make both channels of the full size required fordischarging the liquid. The direction of the flattened head I) of thestopper is arranged to indicate the opening position when it'is in aplane with the spent, and the closing position when it is at rightangles thereto.

Thus my improved stopper, while it is quite as convenient as an ordinarystopper, is perwith knots thereon at short distances apart,)

to the stopper by a ring, h, passing around a grooved neck of thestopper, or equivalent means, and this chain takes into a spring hook orcatch, E, formed as shown, or in any other equivalent manner attached tothe can neck or body. The chain is arranged in the hookcatch so as todraw slightly on the stopper by the elasticity of the hook or catch,thereby keeping it close in the neck of the can. The chain may remainthus hooked as long as the can is in use for drawing out liquidtherefrom; but when the stopper is to be removed for replenishing thecan the chain is readily detached from the hook or catch and againreplaced, when the stopper is again inserted in the can-neck.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the neck of a can or vessel provided with aspout, B, and ventaperture a in opposite sides thereof, a turningstopper, 0, provided with channels 0 d, reaching from the bottom of thesame above the said spout-outlet and vent-aperture, and separated by atight partition, and a chain, D, swiveled to the said stopper andattached to the can-neck, so as to hold the one closely in the other,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The spring hook or catch E on the can, in combination with theturning stopper 0 and holding-chain D, substantially as and for thepurpose herein specified.

The foregoing specification signed by me this 15th day of November,1879.

WILLIAM HENRY RODDEN.

Witnesses JAM s SARGANT, A CHRISTIE It may be made of

